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Posts tagged with 'openaccess' and 'publishing' at MetaFilter.Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:41:12 -0800Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:41:12 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Nature will make its articles back to 1869 free to share onlinehttp://www.metafilter.com/144972/Nature%2Dwill%2Dmake%2Dits%2Darticles%2Dback%2Dto%2D1869%2Dfree%2Dto%2Dshare%2Donline
<em><a href="http://www.nature.com/">Nature</a></em> makes <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/nature-makes-all-articles-free-to-view-1.16460">all articles</a> free to view, read, and annotate online. All research papers from <em>Nature</em> will be made free to read in <a href="https://www.readcube.com/">ReadCube</a>, a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed, or downloaded. 100 media outlets, blogs, and all subscribers (both institutional and individual) can share a link to any <em>Nature</em> paper to which they have access. That link can then be shared and read by anyone.
This is a pilot initiative that will last one year, and also includes 48 other scientific journals in Macmillan’s Nature Publishing Group. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144972Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:41:12 -0800k8linPublisher, be damned! From price gouging to the open road.http://www.metafilter.com/139731/Publisher%2Dbe%2Ddamned%2DFrom%2Dprice%2Dgouging%2Dto%2Dthe%2Dopen%2Droad
In the journal <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cpro20/.U5Lqt7vLiJo">Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation</a>, the proposition paper '<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08109028.2014.891710#.U4cqUShnDHY">Publisher, be damned! from price gouging to the open road</a>' (<a href="http://figshare.com/articles/Publisher_be_damned_From_price_gouging_to_the_open_road/1046703">replicated</a>) criticises the large profits made by commercial publishers on the back of academics’ labours, and the failure of the <a href="http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/">Finch report on open access</a> to address them. After a lengthy delay, the paper was eventually published, but only with a large disclaimer from the publishers (<a href="http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/">Taylor and Francis</a>) and after a <a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/resignations-threat-over-taylor-and-francis-censorship/2013752.article">stand-off with the editorial board</a>. ...The journal’s general editor, Stuart Macdonald, a visiting professor of economics at Aalto University in Finland, said the non-appearance of the journal in September was followed, two months later, by a letter from a senior manager at Taylor and Francis demanding that more than half of the proposition article be cut....
...He said matters came to a head at a "very unpleasant" meeting in January, when the journal’s editorial board threatened to resign en masse unless Taylor and Francis backed down.
The publisher eventually did so, but insisted on removing all publishers’ names from both the proposition article and the four responses. Professor Macdonald reluctantly agreed, but Taylor and Francis still did not publish the debate, prompting him to withhold subsequent editions of the journal for fear they would be published in preference. The result was a "huge backlog" of papers waiting to be published.
He was also upset that, when the edition was finally published, Taylor and Francis unilaterally added a long disclaimer to each article warning that "the accuracy of the content should not be relied upon"....
Previously on MetaFilter: the <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/117966/Removing-Paywalls">UK Government response to the Finch report</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139731Sat, 07 Jun 2014 03:58:41 -0800WordshoreTearing down barriers to accessing research, one click at a timehttp://www.metafilter.com/134106/Tearing%2Ddown%2Dbarriers%2Dto%2Daccessing%2Dresearch%2Done%2Dclick%2Dat%2Da%2Dtime
"People are denied access to research hidden behind paywalls every day. This problem is invisible, but it slows innovation, kills curiosity and harms patients. This is an indictment of the current system. Open Access has given us the solution to this problem by allowing everyone to read and re-use research. We created the <a href="https://www.openaccessbutton.org/">Open Access Button</a> to track the impact of paywalls and help you get access to the research you need. By using the button you’ll help show the impact of this problem, drive awareness of the issue, and help change the system. Furthermore, the Open Access Button has several ways of helping you get access to the research you need right now." Scroll down the front page to see the paywalls reported by Open Access Buttons shown on a world map, read <a href="http://oabutton.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/244/">more detailed instructions of use</a> here, or follow <a href="http://oabutton.wordpress.com/">the project blog</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.134106Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:21:54 -0800daisykJournal of Irreproducible Resultshttp://www.metafilter.com/132544/Journal%2Dof%2DIrreproducible%2DResults
<a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full">On 4 July, good news arrived in the inbox of Ocorrafoo Cobange, a biologist at the Wassee Institute of Medicine in Asmara. It was the official letter of acceptance for a paper he had submitted 2 months earlier to the <em>Journal of Natural Pharmaceuticals</em>, describing the anticancer properties of a chemical that Cobange had extracted from a lichen.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.132544Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:31:14 -0800benzenedreamA Blanket Policy on Open Accesshttp://www.metafilter.com/130610/A%2DBlanket%2DPolicy%2Don%2DOpen%2DAccess
A <a href="http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/">new open-access policy</a> adopted by the University of California, effective November 1, provides a license to the university system which allows it to publish articles in <a href="http://www.escholarship.org">eScholarship</a>, the system's free online paper repository. Criticism hinges on the policy's <a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2013/08/03/lets-not-get-too-excited-about-the-new-uc-open-access-policy/">seemingly flexible opt-out provision</a>. <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/university-of-california-to-allow-open-access-to-new-academic-papers/">Ars Technica</a>. <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Open-Access-Gains-Major/140851/">Chronicle of Higher Education</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.130610Sat, 03 Aug 2013 22:46:56 -0800Apropos of SomethingDoes Open Access Diminish Publishing Opportunities for Grad Students?http://www.metafilter.com/130291/Does%2DOpen%2DAccess%2DDiminish%2DPublishing%2DOpportunities%2Dfor%2DGrad%2DStudents
The American Historical Association just released a statement that <a href="http://blog.historians.org/2013/07/american-historical-association-statement-on-policies-regarding-the-embargoing-of-completed-history-phd-dissertations/">"strongly encourages graduate programs and university libraries to adopt a policy that allows the embargoing of completed history PhD dissertations in digital form for as many as six years.</a>" The statement is aimed at publishers who are disinclined to consider books based on dissertations that have been made freely available in open access databases. Some responses cite a 2011 survey, "<a href="http://crl.acrl.org/content/74/4/368.full.pdf+html">Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities?</a>," that found most publishers self-reported they would indeed consider publishing such dissertations, but also suggested university libraries are refusing to buy books based on dissertations that have previously been available online. "<a href="http://thesis.wvu.edu/r/download/92119">The Road From Dissertation to Book Has a New Pothole: the Internet</a>," a 2011 article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, quotes editors who are wary of publishing such books, and discusses the process by which students can restrict access to their work at companies like ProQuest, "the electronic publisher with which the vast majority of U.S. universities contract to house digital copies of dissertations." Trevor Owens <a href="http://www.trevorowens.org/2013/07/notes-toward-a-bizarro-world-aha-dissertation-open-access-statement/">postulates a "Bizarro World AHA"</a> which would suggest "it is fundamentally problematic that the tenure and promotion of historians is based directly on the commercial viability of academic books."
Adam Crymble agrees that "it makes no sense to leave career progression of historians in the hands of acquisition editors at famous scholarly presses" but <a href="http://adamcrymble.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/students-should-be-empowered-not.html">thanks the AHA "for standing up for and empowering new scholars,"</a> calling the decision "a well-intentioned gesture designed to protect and empower those at the most vulnerable point in their career from a perceived threat. How could anyone criticize them for that?" tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.130291Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:20:18 -0800mediareportThe best of the web - that'll be $30, pleasehttp://www.metafilter.com/126492/The%2Dbest%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dweb%2Dthatll%2Dbe%2D30%2Dplease
<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/open-access-the-true-cost-of-science-publishing-1.12676">Open access: The true cost of science publishing</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.126492Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:37:48 -0800GyanWe write to communicate an untenable situation...http://www.metafilter.com/115260/We%2Dwrite%2Dto%2Dcommunicate%2Dan%2Duntenable%2Dsituation
<em>Harvard’s annual cost for journals from these providers now approaches $3.75M. In 2010, the comparable amount accounted for more than 20% of all periodical subscription costs and just under 10% of all collection costs for everything the Library acquires. Some journals cost as much as $40,000 per year, others in the tens of thousands. Prices for online content from two providers have increased by about 145% over the past six years, which far exceeds not only the consumer price index, but also the higher education and the library price indices. These journals therefore claim an ever-increasing share of our overall collection budget. Even though scholarly output continues to grow and publishing can be expensive, profit margins of 35% and more suggest that the prices we must pay do not solely result from an increasing supply of new articles.</em>
<a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup143448">Harvard's Faculty Advisory Council asks Harvard's faculty to change how they publish</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/harvard-university-journal-publishers-prices"><em>The Guardian's</em> story on the development.</a>
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/69155/Harvard-boosts-open-access-for-faculty-publications">Harvard's Arts &amp; Sciences faculty previously on Open Access</a>
<a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/51353-at-columbia-lecture-harvard--s-robert-darnton-promises-digital-public-library-by-2013-.html">Scholar and Harvard University Librarian, Robert Darnton, Promises to Launch an Open Digital Public Library by 2013</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.115260Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:53:23 -0800ToekneesanScientists boycott Elsevierhttp://www.metafilter.com/112178/Scientists%2Dboycott%2DElsevier
<a href="http://thecostofknowledge.com/">The Cost of Knowledge</a> lets scientists register their support for a <a href="http://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/ban-elsevier/">boycott</a> of all <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/01/elsevier_evil.php">Elsevier</a> journals for their support of SOPA, PIPA (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/SOPA">tag</a>) and the Research Works Act (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/111264/NIH-Open-Access-Policy-Under-Attack">previously</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Works_Act">WP</a>, <a href="http://www.mla.org/ec_opp_rwa">MLA</a>, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/16/academic-publishers-enemies-science">UK</a>, <a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/a-small-bill-in-the-us-a-giant-impact-for-research-worldwide-4996">Oz</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abdulrahman-m-elsayed/nih-funded-research_b_1232881.html">etc.</a>). It appears the boycott was inspired by Field's medalist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Gowers">Tim Gowers'</a> recent comments describing <a href="http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/">his personal boycott of Elsevier journals</a>. Elsevier has always been amongst the most hated academic publishers, largely due to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/world/europe/19iht-educLede19.html?pagewanted=all">their</a> <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v426/n6964/full/426217a.html">incredibly</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=645I4I1yzBs">high</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology_(journal)">prices</a> (<a href="http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/topology-letter.pdf">pdf</a>). tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.112178Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:55:55 -0800jeffburdgesNIH Open Access Policy Under Attackhttp://www.metafilter.com/111264/NIH%2DOpen%2DAccess%2DPolicy%2DUnder%2DAttack
<a href="http://publicaccess.nih.gov/">The Open Access Policy</a> of the National Institutes of Health mandates that NIH funded research is published to <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/">PubMed Central</a>. This provides free online full text access to the resulting research. This policy has been very <a href="http://campuscopyright.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/nih-open-access-policy-turns-three/">popular</a>. As a result journal publishers have seen their business <a href="http://www.publishers.org/issues/5/9/">models threatened</a>. As other government agencies consider similar policies, publishing industry lobbyists have worked to <a href="http://www.publishers.org/press/56/">put an end to the practice.</a>. (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/92705/Of-course-you-realize-this-means-war">previously</a>) The legislation seeks to block agencies from:
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<li>duplicating the capabilities of privately available research archives which may compete with university and commercial publishers.
<li>requiring that publicly funded research published in private sector journals be being distributed for free without authorization.
<li>mandating that non-government authors agree to free distribution of works as a condition of receiving grants.
</li></li></li></ul> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.111264Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:22:56 -0800humanfontOf course you realize this means war!http://www.metafilter.com/92705/Of%2Dcourse%2Dyou%2Drealize%2Dthis%2Dmeans%2Dwar
Libraries and commercial publishers have struggled with each other over the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serials_crisis">skyrocketing costs</a> of academic journals for years. As costs have increased more rapidly than library budgets, the libraries have had to cut journal subscriptions and other acquisitions. The recent recession has necessitated further cuts. Against this backdrop, <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-California-Tries-Just/65823/">Nature Publishing Group told the University of California that next year subscription prices would increase 400 percent,</a> with the average annual cost of a journal increasing to $17,479. UC Libraries fought back with a <a href="http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/Nature_Faculty_Letter-June_2010.pdf">combative letter to UC faculty</a> suggesting that faculty should consider boycotting the journals, and cease submitting or reviewing articles for these journals. <a href="http://www.nature.com/press_releases/cdl.html">NPG responds</a>, saying that UC currently pays unfairly low rates, and that "individual scientists, both within and outside of California are already suffering as a result of [UC]'s unwarranted actions." tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.92705Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:23:48 -0800grouseThese findings are especially taters in the context of the what cancer taters further future investigation into this field.http://www.metafilter.com/82431/These%2Dfindings%2Dare%2Despecially%2Dtaters%2Din%2Dthe%2Dcontext%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dwhat%2Dcancer%2Dtaters%2Dfurther%2Dfuture%2Dinvestigation%2Dinto%2Dthis%2Dfield
<a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55756/">Research journal accepts a computer-generated nonsense paper,</a> and leads <a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55759/">the editor-in-chief to resign his post.</a> The authors write about their hijinks on their blog <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06/10/nonsense-for-dollars/">The Scholarly Kitchen.</a> Philip Davis, <a href="https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/~pmd8/resume">a Cornell Ph.D. graduate student in scientific communications</a> "coauthored" the paper with Kent Anderson, executive director of international business and product development at the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>, and the help of the online auto-paper generator <a href="http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/">SCIgen</a>. <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/03/12/bentham-publishers/">This isn't the first time</a> Davis et al have attempted to submit this work to the publisher, <a href="http://www.bentham.org/">Bentham Publishers</a>, before. Bentham is also known for <a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/23230/">indiscriminately inviting academic researchers</a> to join their editorial board.
Other fun in fake academic publishing: <a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55671/">Merck's look-a-like journal</a>, and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/76467/Would-you-like-to-buy-an-fuzzy-multiinstanton-knot">Previously on Metafilter</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.82431Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:20:24 -0800NikitaNikita